Rolls-Royce Will Spend 350 Weeks Testing A One-of-a-kind Electric Vehicle

The design is inspired by experimental prototypes from the 1920s.

Rolls-Royce has launched a large-scale testing program for its new electric vehicle, Project Nightingale, which is estimated to cost $9.5–10 million. The company plans to produce only 100 of these vehicles, according to Autoblog.

Project Nightingale is a two-seater open-top electric grand tourer and the first car in the new Coachbuild Collection. Its design is inspired by experimental Rolls-Royce prototypes from the 1920s.

The car will undergo 350 weeks of testing. The prototypes will be tested under a wide variety of conditions—from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula. The cars will face extreme temperature fluctuations and climb to altitudes of up to 2,751 meters.

“The tests will take place on various road surfaces and under the harshest conditions,” the publication writes.

Special attention is being paid to aerodynamics and the trunk’s unusual design. Several prototypes have already undergone a total of 1,430 hours of testing in a wind tunnel and through computer simulations.

Another distinctive feature will be the Piano Boot side trunk lid. Rolls-Royce plans to open and close it 15,000 times to test the mechanism’s reliability.

The company has not yet announced an official price for Project Nightingale. Nor will it be possible to purchase the car on a whim: a potential customer must receive an invitation from Rolls-Royce.

“You can’t just go out and buy one of these cars,” the authors note.

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